LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

īnstita

īnstita f (genitive īnstitae)

Meaning

  1. A plaited border or flounce (on a Roman lady's tunic)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeīnstitaīnstitae
genitiveīnstitaeīnstitārum
dativeīnstitaeīnstitīs
accusativeīnstitamīnstitās
ablativeīnstitāīnstitīs
vocativeīnstitaīnstitae

instĭta, ae, f. insisto.
I. The border or flounce (laid in several plaits) of a Roman lady's tunic (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): quarum subsutā talos tegit instita veste, Hor. S. 1, 2, 29: longa, Ov. Am. 1, 32: nulla, i. e. no lady, id. ib. 2, 600.—
II. A bandage, girth, Petr. 20; id. 97, 4; Scrib. Larg. 133; Stat. Th. 7, 654.

Origins

According to Ernout/Meillet, this is the feminine variant of an unattested nominal *instes, institis, from īnstō. Compare antistes and antistita.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesInstitaInstita (περιπόδιον). 1. A flounce; a fillet. The Roman matrons sometimes wore a broad fillet with ample folds, sewed to the bottom of the tunic and r…

Quick answers

What does īnstita mean in Latin?
īnstita, a noun, means “A plaited border or flounce (on a Roman lady's tunic)”.
What is the genitive of īnstita?
The genitive singular is īnstitae. īnstita is feminine, first declension.